ARCHAEOLOGISTS of the future will have a real shock if they ever decide to dig up the site of a new primary school currently being built in Rugeley.

Artwork, posters, and books created by pupils have been consigned to the earth by pupils from the new Redbrook Hayes Community Primary School in a time capsule.

The capsule marks a huge step nearer the completion of the new £3 million school in Talbot Road in Brereton.

The new school will be a landmark for Staffordshire and is expected to be completed in November this year.

A Staffordshire County Council spokesman said: "It will feature a range of super-modern features and will represent a revolutionary approach to the use of space in school buildings."

Headteacher Mandy Chaganis said: "The new school is really taking shape.

"We're expecting it to be finished around November this year, and we hope to move in early in 2007.

"But while it is nice to look forward to the new school, we don't want to forget what has gone before, and the time capsule will record a whole host of memories so that future generations will understand the roots of Redbrook Hayes."

The time capsule includes letters pupils have written for future primary children, pictures they have drawn, posters, books they have made, a national newspaper from the day it was buried and photographs of what the school was like in 2006 and how pupils dressed.

The new school, which will feature an innovative "heart of the school area", is being built by Moss Construction.